Dominik Garcia-Lorido

Dominik Garcia-Lorido is a fresh new face in the acting world. She's best known as the daughter of actor Andy Garcia.

Appeal

Beauty runs in Dominik Garcia-Lorido's family. Her dad, Andy Garcia, was included in Empire's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History, but she earned her own beauty spot on People's 50 Most Beautiful People of 2005. Father and daughter have good genes, but they don't always get along. With a strict upbringing, she didn't have many boyfriends growing up, and her dad once lost his temper when she came home sporting a surprise belly button ring. She had the last laugh, though… the ring was fake.

According to Dominik Garcia-Lorido, there are a few things about her looks that get the most attention. First off are her prominent eyebrows, which she styles on her own. The next is her behind, which she says nets her a lot of compliments. Top that off with a winning smile, and Dominik Garcia-Lorido is the kind of woman who looks as great walking toward you as she does walking away.

Success

The most famous thing so far about Dominik Garcia-Lorido is her Oscar-nominated father, Andy Garcia. While some offspring actors might try to avoid the shadow of their parents, Dominik Garcia-Lorido has used it to her advantage by appearing with her dad in no less than four films so far, including the upcoming City Island.

While her parental connections may have provided a few career benefits, Dominik Garcia-Lorido has made an honest effort on her own to develop her acting skills. Not only a recent graduate from UCLA's Theatre, Film and Television School, she’s also taken courses at the Sanford Meisner Institute and the Lee Strasberg Studio. As a testament to her blossoming career, Dominik Garcia-Lorido won Miss Golden Globe at the 2003 Golden Globe Awards, an award that has gone to other famous faces like Rumer Willis, Melanie Griffith and Joely Fisher.

Dominik Garcia-Lorido Biography

Dominik Garcia-Lorido was born on August 16, 1983. The oldest of four children, she grew up in Los Angeles and began dancing at the young age of 3. Dancing would become a big part of her childhood life, but so would acting. As she grew older, her mother noticed that Dominik Garcia-Lorido suffered from extreme shyness and encouraged her to start acting. As a result, she earned spots in school productions like Cheaper By the Dozen and Damn Yankees.

With her famous father to look up to, Dominik Garcia-Lorido got to see firsthand what acting in the movies was all about. First, she got to travel to Italy as part of her father's work in The Godfather: Part III, where she met Al Pacino. Then in 1995, she made her film debut with a small role in her father's film Steal Big Steal Little. The rest of Dominik Garcia-Lorido's teen years were marked by her active participation in school activities. She played basketball, served as a cheerleader and also held a role as the chaplain of her school.

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After high school, Dominik Garcia-Lorido resumed her acting pursuits -- a move that was welcomed by her father. Before she could take the plunge into more challenging acting roles, Dominik Garcia-Lorido increased her range and overall talent through intensive training. She enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Studio and the Sanford Meisner Institute, and also took private instruction from Josh Adell.

Next up for Dominik Garcia-Lorido was the School of Theatre, Film and Television at UCLA and, part-way through the program, she got a special surprise. She was selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to be Miss Golden Globe at the 2003 ceremony, an award given to young stars with famous acting parents. In an ironic twist, she graduated from UCLA in 2004 and subsequently starred in Last Goodbye, a film featuring child actors of Cybil Shepherd, Faye Dunaway and David Carradine, among others.

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After Last Goodbye, Dominik Garcia-Lorido's next project was 2005's The Lost City, a film directed by her dad, who also starred in it. The film was a true family achievement, having taken 15 years to enter production, and it reinforced Dominik Garcia-Lorido's desire to act professionally and also work more with her father.

Dominik Garcia-Lorido's acting career has continued to flourish with more substantial roles in films of increasing importance. In 2008, she had roles in three films, including the racially charged drama Chinaman's Chance and the crime-themed Reflections. She closed the year with the action drama La Linea, which features Ray Liotta and Andy Garcia in a story about an assassination attempt on a drug kingpin. In 2009, Dominik Garcia-Lorido will star as Vivian Rizzo in City Island, a comedy costarring her dad along with Emily Mortimer, Julianna Margulies and Alan Arkin. If Dominik Garcia-Lorido has inherited some of her father's acting talent to go along with her beauty, she'll keep acting for a long time.